We all tend to look away from the past that was once Atari's ruling in the video game industry. You know, most adults of our generation would tend to know more about Atari than all of us. With us, we have the knowledge of current video game systems. But the past holds more of a greater accomplishment than today's current system. Let's go back about twenty-five years or so to the 80s, can you actually believe we have to say that now? There's a game out there that brought attention to many young people's souls. This game was known as Swordquest.
This game has it where they're not only having you play the game, they're making you scavenge comic book panels for clues that are revealed when a certain action takes place in the game. You must find a secret in a panel to discover a word that's a part of a giant list of words. These words soon become a sentence, but only a few of them are useless words. To figure out what these words, you must look throughout the booklet for a clue. The game's story has two words written in different colors, Prime and Number. Therefore, this hint is to help you solve the mystery behind the five words that you must find out of the group of words you found in the comic.
You later mail the clues out to the company of Atari and there, whoever gets the right answers will have the right to play the game again, only this time, you're playing the company's version of the game that is to determine who wins the grand prize of, get this, jeweled possessions. You have a crown, a talisman, a chalice, and a philosopher's stone all made out of gold with various jewels attached to them. But wait, with those prizes, then there must be more games out, right? Well yeah, there's Swordquest: Fireworld, Airworld, Waterworld and Earthworld. Each game had their own prizes to win. The winners of all four of these games would go on to compete for the better prized, this giant sword that had various jewels and made out of gold and silver. All of these prizes ranged up to about $150,000 total. This competition was not a joke.
But sadly, judging from the title, you can tell that what appears to be one of the video game industry's grandest challenge ever, won't have a good ending. You see, the video game crash took place, Atari was bought out by Jack Tramiel, and Airworld was never created. Rumors were stated that Tramiel has the crown, the stone and the sword because when Waterworld came out, which the prize for that game was the crown, the competition stopped. It stopped because the great video game crash took place. And after everything got better, the competition never took place again, nor did anyone try to do anything to resume it. People claims that Tramiel may have sold the remaining prizes somewhere, but there's really no hardcore proof he did anything. These prizes do exist because there were pictures everywhere showing what this competition would be like.
Atari people had a great thing happening to them and sadly, the only thing we have is MLB's win $1,000,000 to pitch a perfect game. The thing is that there's cheats out there now and days to figure out how to do such a thing, but when Atari had this competition, not only did you have no internet, but you actually had to rely on your own for once. It's really sad that video games now and day's really can't have something like this happen again. I'd love to see another competition like this take place where you have to work on your own and such... But I doubt it'll ever happen.
Cheers to you Atari folks. You did have a great era of video gaming.
>'-'<
Monday, June 25, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Convinced G4's 100 Video Games List Was Created By Idiots
Come on, just see it for yourself:
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Mario Party 2 Works Well In Relationships... I'm Not Kidding
Mario Party 2 is a game I desperately wanted back into my N64 collection. I successfully own a Mario Party 2 copy since last Friday. My boyfriend and I would play this game with another couple two years ago, and what was so funny was that we'd play teams.
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
Friday, June 1, 2012
Perfect Questions for Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark and Goldeneye helped defy first-person shooter games during the late 90s. Goldeneye made it fun first with the countless of different weapons, characters and levels for multiplayer, Perfect Dark doubled that. What’s interesting about Perfect Dark’s multiplayer in general was it’s amazing ability to add computer AI to fight against if you’re not playing with anyone. You can spend nearly hours just fighting against random scenarios in multiplayer whether it’s challenges or modes that you designed by yourself. But there’s always been a few questions I’ve asked myself while playing against these characters...
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
Monday, May 28, 2012
Russain Square Plus
This was an awesome computer game to play back during the early 2000s when Windows had some new update. It also had quite a soundtrack, I managed to download all three songs, they're really great to listen to. But the one thing that this game had was it's challenge. This game had quite a challenge during the last few levels, and if you have no idea what you're doing, you're basically going to lose the game.
The entire objective of the game is to clear the board. Well, how are you supposed to do so? Well, each level has a small squared-shape board with different colored squares. You're supposed to match up each color by placing them either vertically or horizontally in the square. You cannot match them diagonally. I believe as soon as you reach the fifth level, it becomes a bit harder. There's also a time limit during each level. There is no game over until you reach the ninth level. If time runs out and you're on the ninth level, then you lose. But, if you somehow have the timer run out on level three, it just adds a new line of colors that you have to try to eliminate. The challenge though is when you're at level nine and you're just about there eliminating all of the lines. The timer gets ridiculously fast and if you don't react as fast as the timer, you're going to get quite a lot of those blocks getting added back onto your square.
How do you get the blocks to move? You just use the directional keys. Yeah, I cannot tell you how close I came to carpel tunnel with how fast I pressed those keys.
There is another challenge though...
There will be something called a "Stopper" that will randomly choose one square to lock onto for a limited time. This prevents you from moving the entire line of blocks up or down. It mainly stays in the inside of the square, never on the outside lines. There's only two of them that will spring up throughout the later levels of the game. You can get rid of these things. Hopefully, they land on one of the colors that you're working on to eliminate. Once you see the Stoppers landing on a color that you're working on, you're going to frantically get the remaining colors in that line before the Stopper moves to another block. They will not come back after you eliminate them, even if a line was added to your square.
What's interesting about this game is the music. During the first few levels, the music isn't really as catchy as you listen to. You're basically building the game's music to become catchier throughout the game. So there's like a repeated loop that slowly plays for like the first three levels. Then, the music becomes more tense and powerful as you go through the levels. The music will also change depending on what level the square is at. So, let's say you're playing level nine and you managed to eliminate the lines down to where you're at level six, so the music is going to change drastically towards the eliminated blocks. But, if you somehow let time pass you and get more blocks added back into your square, the music will go back to that specific spot.
I really wish there was someway to get my hands back onto that game. I really don't know how anyone can get it now and days. There was another game that came out for Windows during this time, I forgot the name of it though. It was this maze game where you have to guide this ball through a series of different mazes while avoiding holes and each level has a particular theme to it. I really miss this game.
>'-'<
The entire objective of the game is to clear the board. Well, how are you supposed to do so? Well, each level has a small squared-shape board with different colored squares. You're supposed to match up each color by placing them either vertically or horizontally in the square. You cannot match them diagonally. I believe as soon as you reach the fifth level, it becomes a bit harder. There's also a time limit during each level. There is no game over until you reach the ninth level. If time runs out and you're on the ninth level, then you lose. But, if you somehow have the timer run out on level three, it just adds a new line of colors that you have to try to eliminate. The challenge though is when you're at level nine and you're just about there eliminating all of the lines. The timer gets ridiculously fast and if you don't react as fast as the timer, you're going to get quite a lot of those blocks getting added back onto your square.
How do you get the blocks to move? You just use the directional keys. Yeah, I cannot tell you how close I came to carpel tunnel with how fast I pressed those keys.
There is another challenge though...
There will be something called a "Stopper" that will randomly choose one square to lock onto for a limited time. This prevents you from moving the entire line of blocks up or down. It mainly stays in the inside of the square, never on the outside lines. There's only two of them that will spring up throughout the later levels of the game. You can get rid of these things. Hopefully, they land on one of the colors that you're working on to eliminate. Once you see the Stoppers landing on a color that you're working on, you're going to frantically get the remaining colors in that line before the Stopper moves to another block. They will not come back after you eliminate them, even if a line was added to your square.
What's interesting about this game is the music. During the first few levels, the music isn't really as catchy as you listen to. You're basically building the game's music to become catchier throughout the game. So there's like a repeated loop that slowly plays for like the first three levels. Then, the music becomes more tense and powerful as you go through the levels. The music will also change depending on what level the square is at. So, let's say you're playing level nine and you managed to eliminate the lines down to where you're at level six, so the music is going to change drastically towards the eliminated blocks. But, if you somehow let time pass you and get more blocks added back into your square, the music will go back to that specific spot.
I really wish there was someway to get my hands back onto that game. I really don't know how anyone can get it now and days. There was another game that came out for Windows during this time, I forgot the name of it though. It was this maze game where you have to guide this ball through a series of different mazes while avoiding holes and each level has a particular theme to it. I really miss this game.
>'-'<
Monday, May 21, 2012
Are Video Games Really to Blame?
I've done countless of essays and speeches that talks about violence in video games and how it effects ourselves and I must say, those who actually believe that video games actually causes us to become violent people are out of their minds.
I've played dozens of violent video games for years and you don't see me trying to decapitate people, running down pedestrians, or trying to find a gun to shoot someone all because a video game made it look cool. Video games are not to be blamed here, blame other sources that could cause someone to get out of line.
I'm talking about parents, salesmen, and Jack Thompson.
The reason why I'm blaming the parents is because I'm sick and tired of watching kids play nothing but video games when I'm walking around a store. I literally saw a ten year old being pushed in a stroller all because he's too damn occupied by playing his handheld console, it's really amazing how the mother isn't getting embarrassed at all. It actually seemed like she was proud that her son was just being strolled around as if he was king of the world. I cannot believe that there are parents like that.
If the kid cannot get off the game because there weren't any limits set upon him/her, who's to blame? The parents. You're in control of how many seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., your children plays video games. If you set a limit of how much time they have to play this game, they'd be better kids understanding rules a heck of a lot better rather than having to pry the controller out of the kid's hand when you say "times up" and they've been playing the game for at least eight hours straight. I have witnessed parents getting injured because of their child's reckless behavior after playing long hours of video games, and it's astonishing to see how the parents just don't care that their kid isn't doing anything great for themselves other than developing eye issues.
One last thing to mention about the parents is their amazing ability to ignore the ratings. You see, every video game has to be rated by the ESRB before it gets shipped off into the world. They rate the game depending on the material that you see in the game. If a ten year old is not allowed to see a rated R movie, because the parents say so, but yet they buy the kid a video game that is rated Mature, (which is the same as a rated R movie) what are you trying to prevent to your child by doing that? Nothing, because they'll witness what they can't see in a movie, in their video game. If you want to make sure that your children are not playing video games that deems too violent or graphic for them, by all means, pay attention to the damn rating the game has on both sides of the cover box.
The salesmen are also to blame in this situation because they all have to follow a simple rule that's really easy to follow. Children are NOT allowed to buy video games that they do not meet the age requirements to unless a parent or legal guardian is present. It is against store policy to sell a game to a minor if they don't reach the required age the rating has for it. So right there, it tells you, if a salesmen decides to sell a game to a minor, well guess what, that salesperson can easily get fired by not doing their job properly.
Last but not least, we're going to talk about the video game industry's worst enemy, Jack Thompson. This sonofabitch believes that ALL video games, unless he likes them, are nothing but murder simulators that helps brainwash children's minds to become violent killers. Apparently every singly video game that deems too violent will get branded as a horrible game because Thompson here just despises anything that has to do with violence. I mean, let's take a look at Bully, a very funny and an awesome video game, that has you take role of a kid who kinda has to be a bully to get to the very top of the school. Thompson believed that the game was nothing more but a "bully simulator" that "helps teaches kids how to become a bully." Yet sadly, I've witnessed bullies BEFORE this game even came into our lives. He also thought that this Teen-rated game deserved to be rated Mature due to a hidden thing you can do with the protagonist. Throughout the game, you can make out with several of the girls that are in the game, but there's one BOY that you can manage to make out and such. Thompson wanted this game to be Mature rated because it showed graphic, homosexual material that seemed too disgusting for viewers. He even has some smartass comment to say to Rockstar: We just found gay sexual content in Bully as Jimmy Hopkins makes out with another male student. Good luck with your Teen rating now."
Yes, he said that. So, not only is he nothing more but video game industries' biggest pain in the ass, he's also a homophobe! Great!!!
He also tries to make it seem that video games were the number one cause of certain murders that happened. He tried throwing in things into cases that would automatically get declined or just ignored because he had no significant evidence to even prove that the motives behind the killer was due to excessive video game playing.
I mean, hell, people try pitting Id's Doom on the Columbine killers when Doom wasn't even responsible whatsoever with the two killers at all. Sure, they made a few references to the game every now and then during their shooting spree, and yeah, they made a few maps for Doom (although many have claimed that one of them had made an exact replica of Columbine High School,) but nothing proved that their motives had anything to do with video games. The claims that these guys made a replica of the school by making a map in Doom was proven to be false.
Video games aren't the reason why people kill. They're just ignorant assholes who had bigger issues than some old geaser trying to say that they were provoked by a violent video game they played. Honest the truth, if you blame video games, then you have to blame the rest of the media. There's nothing that shows video games causes people to kill. Sure, you have those who do say, "This game made me do this," such as the teen couple that killed a four year old they were watching because they were trying to imitate moves they saw in Mortal Kombat... But cases like that rarely happens now and days.
Have some common fucking sense people... It's not the video games that are being caused by this... It's just people who cannot see things that are right in front of them.
>'-'<
I've played dozens of violent video games for years and you don't see me trying to decapitate people, running down pedestrians, or trying to find a gun to shoot someone all because a video game made it look cool. Video games are not to be blamed here, blame other sources that could cause someone to get out of line.
I'm talking about parents, salesmen, and Jack Thompson.
The reason why I'm blaming the parents is because I'm sick and tired of watching kids play nothing but video games when I'm walking around a store. I literally saw a ten year old being pushed in a stroller all because he's too damn occupied by playing his handheld console, it's really amazing how the mother isn't getting embarrassed at all. It actually seemed like she was proud that her son was just being strolled around as if he was king of the world. I cannot believe that there are parents like that.
If the kid cannot get off the game because there weren't any limits set upon him/her, who's to blame? The parents. You're in control of how many seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., your children plays video games. If you set a limit of how much time they have to play this game, they'd be better kids understanding rules a heck of a lot better rather than having to pry the controller out of the kid's hand when you say "times up" and they've been playing the game for at least eight hours straight. I have witnessed parents getting injured because of their child's reckless behavior after playing long hours of video games, and it's astonishing to see how the parents just don't care that their kid isn't doing anything great for themselves other than developing eye issues.
One last thing to mention about the parents is their amazing ability to ignore the ratings. You see, every video game has to be rated by the ESRB before it gets shipped off into the world. They rate the game depending on the material that you see in the game. If a ten year old is not allowed to see a rated R movie, because the parents say so, but yet they buy the kid a video game that is rated Mature, (which is the same as a rated R movie) what are you trying to prevent to your child by doing that? Nothing, because they'll witness what they can't see in a movie, in their video game. If you want to make sure that your children are not playing video games that deems too violent or graphic for them, by all means, pay attention to the damn rating the game has on both sides of the cover box.
The salesmen are also to blame in this situation because they all have to follow a simple rule that's really easy to follow. Children are NOT allowed to buy video games that they do not meet the age requirements to unless a parent or legal guardian is present. It is against store policy to sell a game to a minor if they don't reach the required age the rating has for it. So right there, it tells you, if a salesmen decides to sell a game to a minor, well guess what, that salesperson can easily get fired by not doing their job properly.
Last but not least, we're going to talk about the video game industry's worst enemy, Jack Thompson. This sonofabitch believes that ALL video games, unless he likes them, are nothing but murder simulators that helps brainwash children's minds to become violent killers. Apparently every singly video game that deems too violent will get branded as a horrible game because Thompson here just despises anything that has to do with violence. I mean, let's take a look at Bully, a very funny and an awesome video game, that has you take role of a kid who kinda has to be a bully to get to the very top of the school. Thompson believed that the game was nothing more but a "bully simulator" that "helps teaches kids how to become a bully." Yet sadly, I've witnessed bullies BEFORE this game even came into our lives. He also thought that this Teen-rated game deserved to be rated Mature due to a hidden thing you can do with the protagonist. Throughout the game, you can make out with several of the girls that are in the game, but there's one BOY that you can manage to make out and such. Thompson wanted this game to be Mature rated because it showed graphic, homosexual material that seemed too disgusting for viewers. He even has some smartass comment to say to Rockstar: We just found gay sexual content in Bully as Jimmy Hopkins makes out with another male student. Good luck with your Teen rating now."
Yes, he said that. So, not only is he nothing more but video game industries' biggest pain in the ass, he's also a homophobe! Great!!!
He also tries to make it seem that video games were the number one cause of certain murders that happened. He tried throwing in things into cases that would automatically get declined or just ignored because he had no significant evidence to even prove that the motives behind the killer was due to excessive video game playing.
I mean, hell, people try pitting Id's Doom on the Columbine killers when Doom wasn't even responsible whatsoever with the two killers at all. Sure, they made a few references to the game every now and then during their shooting spree, and yeah, they made a few maps for Doom (although many have claimed that one of them had made an exact replica of Columbine High School,) but nothing proved that their motives had anything to do with video games. The claims that these guys made a replica of the school by making a map in Doom was proven to be false.
Video games aren't the reason why people kill. They're just ignorant assholes who had bigger issues than some old geaser trying to say that they were provoked by a violent video game they played. Honest the truth, if you blame video games, then you have to blame the rest of the media. There's nothing that shows video games causes people to kill. Sure, you have those who do say, "This game made me do this," such as the teen couple that killed a four year old they were watching because they were trying to imitate moves they saw in Mortal Kombat... But cases like that rarely happens now and days.
Have some common fucking sense people... It's not the video games that are being caused by this... It's just people who cannot see things that are right in front of them.
>'-'<
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Diablo 3 and Um... Some Issues... And a Review
Okay, so I went to the midnight release, went home and slept, woke up, ate breakfast and played the game. Played for three hours with some breaks in between...
Then... servers crashed at around 3-ish or so leaving me to do something else for the remainder of the day. Which I did and not decide to constantly check up on the game every five minutes to see if the servers were fixed.
Unfortunately, there's a bit of some issues that are still being addressed with this game. So, I guess there are some reports claiming that some of the achievements that were completed have gone missing. I will confirm that this is true because I do have missing achievements... And quests as well. Yeah, one of the two boss fights for the first act apparently went missing and I didn't like that... So I had to do that all over again, despite that it was really easy this time becuase I'm level 16 and I was much lower when I encountered that boss the first time.
And then, not too long ago, I witnessed that ANOTHER quest is missing. One that I didn't really appreciate undergoing but I had to anyways.
So, that's been my experience with this game so far. I'm not too happy that this happened and Blizzard should have been totally prepared for something like this and prevent it from happening but... I don't work at a game company yet so I have no idea what they could have done.
Anyways, that's my little rant about the game... Actually wait, let me continue it before I get to the good. I'm not liking the Demon Hunter at all... She's only level 5 and out of five classes that there are that I have past that, she's died the most times than all of my other characters at that level. I think I was level nine before my witch doctor died for the first time. I get that the Demon Hunter is supposed to be ranged, but for some reason, they don't start out with good abilities that are really helpful in crowds. Yeah, being ambushed by zombies and such with those flying electrical bats zapping you as well doesn't help me out at all as a ranged character. I guess I have to level her some more by doing something else.
And for some reason, your maps go blank every time you leave the place for a bit... I'm not liking that I can't retrace my steps and know where I'm going if the maps just go blank.
Okay, my rant is over... Now it's time to actually review the damn game.
This game is awesome. I could end it with that, but unfortunately I'm not. This game actually made me appreciate the Barbarian class for once. I never liked it in Diablo 2, but I really liked what they did with it. I wanted to start out with the Wizard first, but I somehow didn't and ended up playing as the Witch Doctor... Which so far, I've leveled it the most. I dig this class a lot. Sure, it "replaced" my favorite class, the necromancer, from the previous game, but that doesn't really make a whole lot of difference. The Monk and the Wizard I'm still toying around with a bit, I haven't leveled them a whole lot yet, but I will some time in the future. But like I stated before, the Demon Hunter, right now, isn't really a likeable class. Although that could really change if I go back and play it some more.
The story is improved a lot since the last game. I really like how each character has a different story, even though they share the same quests together. Their purpose for this adventure is something that the other two games didn't have. It's basically having your character just be there as the hero without any kind of sole purpose unless I never really read further into the Diablo lore. But the characters never really had any kind of distinguish personalities unlike these characters, who actually talks throughout the game not just by some sort of click of the button to a NPC (non-playable character) or pressing a number in the numerical pad. (Diablo 2) Although that was specifically for the online play and has absolutely no effect on a solo player game.
You get helpers and crafters with you rather than doing everything yourself. Although it costs to make stuff and shit like that, still, it's not that hard to obtain gold in this game. I normally like to just gather everything that drops, even when it's completely useless to me, you never know how much gold it sells for to the merchant. I've gotten plenty of gold before hitting a double digit level. (And back in Diablo 2, I'd max out my gold before leaving the first act)
Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil anything in the game because I know people. I know that there are people who read my blogs, otherwise the counter wouldn't go up constantly. So the story is completely gone from this review.
Gameplay wise... it's totally like WoW, just with a Diablo touch. I mean, the menu screen couldn't look anymore like WoW and some of the ways the game plays couldn't act more like WoW as well. But, do I see a problem with this? Absolutely not. The game is more fun and enjoyable this way, rather than the previous game. I HATED the way I had to only have two spells up the entire time, and when I wanted to change it, I had to click and search for the ability I wanted. But the problem is, unless you memorize the description of what abilities were what, you'd have to scroll over your mouse onto the picture and wait for the box to pop up, giving you the description of that power. It never really told you right there and then, what power you're going to have equipped. Now, there's a picture AND a description of what the power is. Although, the clicking thing is an issue, and it's a giant menu that pops up rather than the picture boxes, still, at least I can still move around and such while I'm trying to get my powers and while I'm clicking around to avoid the monsters, the screen doesn't go away.
So, overall, I really appreciated the changes they made to this game. I've waited twelve long years to finally see a direct sequel to Diablo 2 and I cannot wait to see what awaits for me further into the game. Despite that I enjoy taking my sweet, sweet time and try to find all of the achievements to complete for act 1 right now, I don't care. It's not like I have to be the very first one to beat the game.
No, I'm not a crazed fan... I'm just a kitty.
>'-'<
Then... servers crashed at around 3-ish or so leaving me to do something else for the remainder of the day. Which I did and not decide to constantly check up on the game every five minutes to see if the servers were fixed.
Unfortunately, there's a bit of some issues that are still being addressed with this game. So, I guess there are some reports claiming that some of the achievements that were completed have gone missing. I will confirm that this is true because I do have missing achievements... And quests as well. Yeah, one of the two boss fights for the first act apparently went missing and I didn't like that... So I had to do that all over again, despite that it was really easy this time becuase I'm level 16 and I was much lower when I encountered that boss the first time.
And then, not too long ago, I witnessed that ANOTHER quest is missing. One that I didn't really appreciate undergoing but I had to anyways.
So, that's been my experience with this game so far. I'm not too happy that this happened and Blizzard should have been totally prepared for something like this and prevent it from happening but... I don't work at a game company yet so I have no idea what they could have done.
Anyways, that's my little rant about the game... Actually wait, let me continue it before I get to the good. I'm not liking the Demon Hunter at all... She's only level 5 and out of five classes that there are that I have past that, she's died the most times than all of my other characters at that level. I think I was level nine before my witch doctor died for the first time. I get that the Demon Hunter is supposed to be ranged, but for some reason, they don't start out with good abilities that are really helpful in crowds. Yeah, being ambushed by zombies and such with those flying electrical bats zapping you as well doesn't help me out at all as a ranged character. I guess I have to level her some more by doing something else.
And for some reason, your maps go blank every time you leave the place for a bit... I'm not liking that I can't retrace my steps and know where I'm going if the maps just go blank.
Okay, my rant is over... Now it's time to actually review the damn game.
This game is awesome. I could end it with that, but unfortunately I'm not. This game actually made me appreciate the Barbarian class for once. I never liked it in Diablo 2, but I really liked what they did with it. I wanted to start out with the Wizard first, but I somehow didn't and ended up playing as the Witch Doctor... Which so far, I've leveled it the most. I dig this class a lot. Sure, it "replaced" my favorite class, the necromancer, from the previous game, but that doesn't really make a whole lot of difference. The Monk and the Wizard I'm still toying around with a bit, I haven't leveled them a whole lot yet, but I will some time in the future. But like I stated before, the Demon Hunter, right now, isn't really a likeable class. Although that could really change if I go back and play it some more.
The story is improved a lot since the last game. I really like how each character has a different story, even though they share the same quests together. Their purpose for this adventure is something that the other two games didn't have. It's basically having your character just be there as the hero without any kind of sole purpose unless I never really read further into the Diablo lore. But the characters never really had any kind of distinguish personalities unlike these characters, who actually talks throughout the game not just by some sort of click of the button to a NPC (non-playable character) or pressing a number in the numerical pad. (Diablo 2) Although that was specifically for the online play and has absolutely no effect on a solo player game.
You get helpers and crafters with you rather than doing everything yourself. Although it costs to make stuff and shit like that, still, it's not that hard to obtain gold in this game. I normally like to just gather everything that drops, even when it's completely useless to me, you never know how much gold it sells for to the merchant. I've gotten plenty of gold before hitting a double digit level. (And back in Diablo 2, I'd max out my gold before leaving the first act)
Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil anything in the game because I know people. I know that there are people who read my blogs, otherwise the counter wouldn't go up constantly. So the story is completely gone from this review.
Gameplay wise... it's totally like WoW, just with a Diablo touch. I mean, the menu screen couldn't look anymore like WoW and some of the ways the game plays couldn't act more like WoW as well. But, do I see a problem with this? Absolutely not. The game is more fun and enjoyable this way, rather than the previous game. I HATED the way I had to only have two spells up the entire time, and when I wanted to change it, I had to click and search for the ability I wanted. But the problem is, unless you memorize the description of what abilities were what, you'd have to scroll over your mouse onto the picture and wait for the box to pop up, giving you the description of that power. It never really told you right there and then, what power you're going to have equipped. Now, there's a picture AND a description of what the power is. Although, the clicking thing is an issue, and it's a giant menu that pops up rather than the picture boxes, still, at least I can still move around and such while I'm trying to get my powers and while I'm clicking around to avoid the monsters, the screen doesn't go away.
So, overall, I really appreciated the changes they made to this game. I've waited twelve long years to finally see a direct sequel to Diablo 2 and I cannot wait to see what awaits for me further into the game. Despite that I enjoy taking my sweet, sweet time and try to find all of the achievements to complete for act 1 right now, I don't care. It's not like I have to be the very first one to beat the game.
No, I'm not a crazed fan... I'm just a kitty.
>'-'<
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